High-tech playground that means serious business

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In the lobby of Building 43 of the Googleplex, nervous young people are
waiting . Google is — as always — in the middle of a hiring blitz. Anxiety
shows in the fresh faces of the hopefuls sitting in the small reception
area.

On a cold morning, name badges are stuck to sweaters. These interviewees match
the Googlers in their attire. They are all dressed casually — not a suit in
sight.

The young hopefuls are seeking permanent entry to Google’s sprawling campus in
Mountain View, California. Building 43 is, in many ways, the most important
in the complex — the one in which the